Mitte, which is German for middle, is the first and most central borough of Berlin. Mitte is divided by the river Spree into a part south of the river and north of the river. In the middle of the Spree lies the "Museumsinsel" with a lot of museums and the Berlin Cathedral. The central square in Mitte is the Alexanderplatz with the TV tower, the highest building of Germany and the railway station with connections to the subway (U-Bahn), tramway (Straßenbahn), city trains (S-Bahn) and buses. There are some important streets which connect Mitte with the other boroughs, e.g. the boulevard Unter den Linden which connects Alexanderplatz to the west with the Brandenburg Gate and to the center of former West Berlin and the Karl-Marx-Allee from the same square to the eastern suburbs.
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All in all, I felt that Mitte was well balanced in the old and the new architecture.While walking through the city, I saw modern additions being done to historical buildings. This is inspiring to me because it shows that buildings can serve their purpose for a longer amount of time. It also made me think that if a building was to be of bad design, then maybe there was still a way to revive it back to life rather than burying it six feet in the ground.
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